Like taking the credit for it to increase his political capital

Yes. It's obvious that he would want to do that, because it shows that something meaningful has been done while he's been in office regardless of who championed it. He has already done it on Twitter.

Please don't provide dictionary definitions as an answer, its almost never going to be what the person was requesting clarification about

Emphasis mine. The definition answered your question enough that you intuitively knew exactly what I was suggesting, but hey, if you want I can delete it and you can wait for a response for the person you originally replied to. They'll just say the same thing, but maybe you won't be upset about it.